Nearly 1 in 10 people worldwide have mental health disorder but only one percent of the global health workforce is working in the area the WHO said today with a top official underlining that a country of India's size needs about ten times more specialists than it currently has. 'On average globally there is less than one mental health worker per 10000 people. In low and middle-income countries rates fall below 1 per 100000 people whereas in high-income countries the rate is 1 per 2000 people' a statement on the World Health Organisation's Mental Health Atlas 2014 report released today